Palace 1-0 Stoke: 5 things we learned

Crystal Palace showed they mean business about going for the FA Cup – and Wilfried Zaha duly delivered the knockout blow.

Eagles manager Alan Pardew has declared the old trophy a realistic target this season, writing in his programme notes: “We have an opportunity to make progress in this famous old competition and all of us are determined to take it with both hands.”

He sent out his strongest team, although there was no place for new signing Emmanuel Adebayor , against a much-changed Stoke side.

And it was star man Zaha who span and ran before applying a deft finish to keep Palace dreaming of Wembley.